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We're following breaking news. hurricane irma packing winds of 185 miles an hour. that's devastated caribbean islands in its path. already human services secretary tom price just declared a public health emergency in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. also tonight this hurricane, this monster is headed toward florida with land fall projected for this weekend, just two weeks after hurricane harvey brought record rain and flooding to the houston area. let's bring in rene marsh. is the u.s. government ready for another natural disaster? >> i can tell you tonight all eyes are on congress. th...

Hurricane, if it comes to shore at category 4 or category 5 intensity over south florida, will be the strongest to have hit land since hurricane andrew, and we would expect impacts that could be as severe as andrew. so, this is potentially a once in a generation storm for wherever land fall occurs. >> so, if it goes right over south florida and hits the keys and then moves up towards miami and fort lauderdale, palm beach county, what happens? >> well, we would see severe damage from wind, and also a huge storm surge. now, with harvey we had a lot of flooding from rainfall. and while there will...

Want to play politics with the debt ceiling? that will strand the aid we need to bring to these victims. >> even if the $7.8 billion in relief aid passes congress, florida senators say it will only cover federal response costs for about a couple of weeks and would not adequately cover resources fema needs to respond to irma. >> we need citizens to be involved. this is a landmark event. we have not seen an event like this. >> the historic magnitude of harvey overwhelmed federal responders, causing them to ask the public for help. and that will likely happen again with irma. >> all right. and th...

Harvey. that's just recirculating the cash. why not give the money back? >> would you give the money back? >> there is no one to give the money back to. what my colleagues are saying is they are going to donate it to charity and of course that will do that. >> greg: she can't give the money back? yes, you can you write a check to harvey weinstein and send it to him. i suspect she will know where to find him. i also suspect he will need the money soon. it's hard for hillary to stand by a cad when she stood by one for so long. she is the personification of hollywood. it's hard to speak out when ...

Both florida and texas? dan, terrible scenes specifically in the florida keys. on the other hand, not nearly as many deaths as people feared. a lot of damage, maybe as much is 40 billion or more for irma, maybe over 100 for harvey. but what do you make of the overall government response here to these disasters? >> well you know, from the distance of up in the north we did not experience this but it is almost hard to imagine what happens. first harvey had southern texas. an extraordinary hurricane, it set over houston for days dumping an enormous amount of water. then hurrican irma comes up acr...